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- Harvey S. Firestone

• Stuck in unproductive behaviors?
• Accountable and responsible?
• Lacking passion and motivation?
• Experiencing anger or frustration?

• Effectively deal with difficult people?
• Have goals, clarity and commitment?
• Desire to reduce stress levels?
• Give and receive feedback in an honoring way?

• Technical skills
• Building relationshiops
• Listening and Communication skills
• Knowing your own needs
• Knowing customer needs
• Knowing bosses needs

• Collaboration or conflict skills
• Strategic thinking
• Innovative
• Performance management
• Balance work/home
• Risk Taking

• Spiritual
• Physical
• Emotional
• Energy level
• Job Satisfaction
• Self Satisfaction
• Relationships
• Family life

• Integrity
• Finances
• Stress
• Sleep habits
• Time for self
• Nutrition
• Humor/laughter

–George Santayana

PEOPLETEK EVENTS:

2009 OFFERINGS:

• Communication and Listening Workshop (3 session program):
  January 27, Feb 10, Feb 24 : 8am – noon in Phoenix, AZ
• Emotional Intelligence (2 day program with follow-up sessions)
  Dates tbd
• Leadership Journey I, session 1 of 12
  February 3rd;

  Virtually facilitated, 10:30am – noon EDT

This is an open enrollment period for the above program

Last week’s leadership tip discussed goal setting for 2009. Equally important is for you (and your team) to have a written development plan.

This plan should include not only areas where you feel growth is necessary but should also include areas of strength (ensuring they remain strong).

If you’ve had a development plan in the past, it’s easy to just replicate it. Given how times are changing, we encourage that you not do this but rather take the time to assess where you are now, and where you want to be.

Your plan could include specific courses (upskilling specific functions essential for your job (technical needs), and leadership and soft-skill development. It could also include cross training within areas of your current company or organization, a mentorship (either to be a mentor or be mentored), and even perhaps plans for a total career change.

We encourage you to also belong to a professional network.

How do you get started? Utilizing feedback and past performance evaluations is a great start. This combined with what YOU want to change or enhance can be the foundation. You’ll want to assign priorities and realistic timeframes for each developmental area.

If you haven’t already done so, ask your leader, peers, business partners and direct reports for their input. Two simple questions can get a response:

1) What am I doing well?

2) What would you like to see change?

By having a plan in place before year end, and sharing it with your leader, peers, business partners and direct reports, you’ll better position yourself to meet your development objectives for 2009.

Good luck!

Sincerely,

Michael W. Kublin and
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
http://www.peopletek-coaching.com

PeopleTek Inc. | 8201 Peters Rd. Suite 1000 | Plantation | FL | 33324

-Alexander Lucia

• Drop it
• Delegate it
• Delay it
• Do it

- John Lee, time management expert

• S – Specific
• M – Measurable
• A – Actionable
• R – Realistic
• T – Timebound

PEOPLETEK EVENTS:

2009 OFFERINGS:
Communication and Listening Workshop (3 session program):

January 27, Feb 10, Feb 24 : 8am – noon in Phoenix, AZ

Emotional Intelligence (2 day program with follow-up sessions)

Dates tbd

Leadership Journey I, session 1 of 12
February 3rd;

Virtually facilitated, 10:30am – noon EDT

This is an open enrollment period for the above program

It’s hard to believe the year is almost over; 2009 is rapidly approaching and now is the time to have your goals written and communicated to those who will help you achieve them.

Your goals, along with your vision and mission help you and your organization clearly understand what is to be accomplished. They also identify optimal behaviors, situations, and relationships.

The successful leader leverages them to:

§ communicate a clear, simple, customer-focused direction for the organization

§ be forward thinking, stretch the horizons and challenge imaginations

§ inspire and energize others to commit to the vision and supporting goals

§ engage others and to lead by example.

Motivational speaker Dave Grant proposes that the best strategy for many is to start small. “Start with small goals and gain an experience of accomplishment and success,” advises Grant. “Once you learn you can go after something and make it happen, it makes it that much easier to set and achieve bigger and bigger goals.”

Remember, however, that achieving any goal is not done by magic. There is work involved. A first step recommended by Grant is to set a target date for achieving the goal and to write it and the goal itself down.

“Most people fail in their goal-setting because they’re just thinking about their goals. They’re not committed to them,” explains Grant.

“Thinking is not a commitment. Writing it down is.”

Happy goal setting!

Sincerely,

Michael W. Kublin &
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez

-Paul J. Meyer